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    Arbitration day. Mookie etc. signs

    Mookie ($27M, a record), JBJ ($11M), Barnes ($3.1M), Workman ($3.5M) & Hembree ($1.6125M) signed with the Sox today.

    https://www.mlb.com/redsox/news/mook...tration-record

    https://www.mlb.com/redsox/news/red-...ration-roundup
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    Quote Originally Posted by S5Dewey View Post
    Mookie ($27M, a record), JBJ ($11M), Barnes ($3.1M), Workman ($3.5M) & Hembree ($1.6125M) signed with the Sox today.

    https://www.mlb.com/redsox/news/mook...tration-record

    https://www.mlb.com/redsox/news/red-...ration-roundup
    Is Hembree healthy?
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    Quote Originally Posted by a700hitter View Post
    Is Hembree healthy?
    Do you doubt our crack medical team?
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    Not now that I know they're on crack -- that explains everything.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 5GoldGloves:OF,75 View Post
    Not now that I know they're on crack -- that explains everything.
    The word crack has lots of possibilities, doesn't it?
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    Quote Originally Posted by 5GoldGloves:OF,75 View Post
    Not now that I know they're on crack -- that explains everything.
    My intended double entendre on this one is 'crackpot'.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bellhorn04 View Post
    My intended double entendre on this one is 'crackpot'.
    So you’re saying they’re on crack and pot?!?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bellhorn04 View Post
    Do you doubt our crack medical team?
    Effff yoooooouuuuuuu
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    ( I won't say the "C word.")

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    I'm actually encouraged about the Betts signing, even if it's only for one year (so far). The Sox gave him an arbitration record amount, and Mookie settled for less than Harper and Machado each made this past season (even though he's worth more).

    This was a big day that could have ended badly if either or both sides were contentious. But it appears Boston is open to paying Mookie, while he showed he's not all about demanding every penny as rumored.

    The chances Betts is a Red Sox in 2020 (at least through July) just increased, because he's now a 35% more expensive rental... Many clubs would gladly pay him 27 Million a year -- starting in 2021 -- but most likely not this season if that also includes giving up good prospects.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 5GoldGloves:OF,75 View Post
    I'm actually encouraged about the Betts signing, even if it's only for one year (so far). The Sox gave him an arbitration record amount, and Mookie settled for less than Harper and Machado each made this past season (even though he's worth more).

    This was a big day that could have ended badly if either or both sides were contentious. But it appears Boston is open to paying Mookie, while he showed he's not all about demanding every penny as rumored.

    The chances Betts is a Red Sox in 2020 (at least through July) just increased, because he's now a 35% more expensive rental... Many clubs would gladly pay him 27 Million a year -- starting in 2021 -- but most likely not this season if that also includes giving up good prospects.
    Mookie settled because he would not have made much more no matter what.

    I don't think the odds changed at all. All clubs knew he'd get about $27-28M. Nothing changed after this deal was announced.
    Last edited by moonslav59; 01-10-2020 at 09:24 PM.
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    Tomase: Betts deal shows player, Red Sox willing to talk

    https://www.nbcsports.com/boston/red...7-million-deal

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    That’s a puff piece again. Betts HAD to talk about his arb price. That’s how it works. He couldn’t tuck tail and run with Boston having a year of control.

    What this confirms to me, is that Betts is heading to market. He’s gone one year at a time for every year. He’s now guaranteed to have made $57 mil through his 3 arbitration seasons. That’s a life altering amount of money, one that I’m sure he could walk away after 2020 and be set for life. Hence, his downside for holding firm and hitting the market is low. His upside could be huge. Maybe he hits the market and comes right back to Boston. Maybe he doesn’t want to be in Boston and hopes for a higher bidder elsewhere. Not a soul knows. All we have heard is that Betts wants to go to the open market and that he has said he likes it in Boston. That’s about it.

    There’ve been rumors he wants more than Trout. He’s never made that comment publicly. Maybe he wants a higher AAV than Trout? That’s possible. But he’s not getting 12 years

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    34 for 10 is a fair deal for the Sox. I were the Sox I would offer that, if he says no, move him.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mvp 78 View Post
    Effff yoooooouuuuuuu
    Yeesh. Do you have a doctor in the family or something?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bellhorn04 View Post
    Yeesh. Do you have a doctor in the family or something?
    Crackpot medical staff is the most SeaBeachFred thing ever.
    Quote Originally Posted by moonslav59 View Post
    ( I won't say the "C word.")

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